Petition-filing period begins in Carbon
Eleven Democratic petitions from nine candidates and 10 Republican ones from seven candidates were filed in the Carbon County Elections Office as of late Friday by people who are aspiring to elective offices in 2019.
The filings allow the filers to secure their names on the May 21 primary election ballots.
To successfully file the petitions, they must contain the signatures of 10 registered voters in the jurisdiction in which the candidate is seeking office in a borough, township or school district, or the signatures of 100 registered voters from throughout the county on behalf of people seeking county offices.
The petition circulating period began on Feb. 19 and will run through the end of the work day on March 12.
Officially becoming candidates as of last week were:
Democrats
Jay T. Miller: 1 W. Chipmunk Trail, Jim Thorpe, seeking a four-year term on the Jim Thorpe Borough Council.
Grant R. Hunsicker: 400 N. Fourth St., Lehighton, seeking a four-year term on the Lehighton Borough Council.
Joseph A. Thomas: 435 Carbon St., Weatherly, seeking a four-year term on the Weatherly Borough Council.
Arland F. Moyer Sr.: 306 White St., Weissport, seeking a four-year term on the Weissport Borough Council.
Nancy Mulvaney: 434 E. Main St., Weatherly, seeking a two-year term and a four-year term on the Weatherly School Board.
Barbara Sipler: 500 Fairview St., Weatherly, seeking a two-year term and a four-year term on the Weatherly School Board.
Dennis L. Pearson: 212 Pikoak Road, Lehighton, seeking a six-year term on the East Penn Township Board of Supervisors.
Edward Klynowsky: 115 N. Stagecoach Road, Weatherly, seeking a six-year term on the Lehigh Township Board of Supervisors.
Ronald A. Walbert: 910 LaMontage Drive, Palmerton, seeking a six-year term on the Lower Towamensing Township Board of Supervisors.
Republicans
Michael J. Ballard: 464 Franklin Ave., Palmerton, seeking a two-year term on the Palmerton Borough Council.
Andrew Hollywood: 320 Smith Ave., Palmerton, seeking a two-year term on the Palmerton Borough Council.
Terry Costenbader: 645 Columbia Ave., Palmerton, seeking a four-year term on the Palmerton Borough Council.
Nancy Mulvaney: 434 E. Main St., Weatherly, seeking a two-year term and a four-year term on the Weatherly School Board.
Barbara Sipler: 500 Fairview St., Weatherly, seeking a two-year term and a four-year term on the Weatherly School Board.
Thomas Bing LaFond: 49 Midlake Drive, Lake Harmony, seeking a four-year term and a six-year term on the Kidder Township Board of Supervisors.
Christian Bartulovich: 49 Wargo Drive, Jim Thorpe, seeking a six-year term on the Penn Forest Township Board of Supervisors.
